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ClaireMere
Cooking is very different with a baby in the house! I didn't cook a thing for the first three weeks after Isaac came. Instead, all kinds of folk brought wonderful things - lots of comfort food, and I was intensely grateful.
Now I'm totally on my feet and in the kitchen, but my time is limited on weekdays so I make much more simple things. Last night, I made a giant batch of "sauce" (as Stacy would say), for which I needed a splash of red wine.
Reader, I went out and got that bitch of a bottle, used about 2 ounces to cook with and drank the rest. I've hardly had anything to drink since Isaac joined us, but the EARLY TEETHING has driven me to drink! It was mighty nice to cook a good meal while my husband played with the baby, and then to eat the meal while the baby watched on in bemused horror and then to have a second glass of wine while my husband put the baby to bed. Word.
FYI: we start Isaac on solid food in two months, so stay tuned for what are sure to be hilarious adventures as I make baby food. (Frankly, it's called roast that sweet potatoes and mash that avocado. The end.)
I was wondering how you were negotiating the cooking with the baby on hip. I'm startled to learn you are not a superhero, but somewhat relieved. Anyway, I heartily applaud your return to the bottle—to each baby his or her own!
Well, he is my kryptonite. All superheroes have one, right?
Have yet to figure how to put a nipple on Mommy's bottle (of booze). Must work on this.
Very apropos with regards to the above.
Moderation and the Modern Mom
NY Times
March 5, 2009
Anna Fricke
Thank God I wasn't coming down from debauchery as hard ad this poor woman. I hardly cared that I couldn't drink!
the best part, though, was that the majority of the comments were from people who need to take 112. Wow. Crappy reading skillz!
Indeed, lady. Leaving the car running in the garage all night is a debacle unparalleled.
My question is: how do you keep the car running on two glasses of wine? What is she, a lilliputian?
That's from the shots of tequila that she sank in the wine. From the flask she's hidden behind the toilet.